"That system is completely overwhelmed, and people are winding up in encampments," said Margot Kushel, co-author of the report.
"Sometimes what happens is a survivor will try to access the homelessness system, the intake worker will say, 'You have domestic violence. You have to go to a domestic violence shelter.' Or they don't accept children. The survivor is fleeing with children," explained Debbie Chang, president of the Blue Shield of California Foundation.
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